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Mass Production Company makes wheels for Hot Wheels cars. They produce thousands of wheels each day using hundreds of machines, each machine operated by two employees. The machines operate almost continuously and break down often. Mass Production Company is considering requiring machine operators to perform regular maintenance and minor repairs on the machine they operate.
1) What benefits might Mass Production gain from this course of action?
2) What problems might arise from this course of action?
3) Is there any other information that Mass production should consider in making the decision to embark on this course of action?
1) Break Down will l reduce because
a) then operator will be responsible for breakdown,
b) operator will have sense of ownership
c) operator is working with machinery so he will be much better position to predict any fault in machinery and also act promptly to modify the fault.
2) If operator is not knowledgeable about maintenance or does not want to take responsibility problem will arise.
3) Whether the operators are trained and willing to take responsibility? If no they should be trained for it and their attitude should be changed
